Horse-detacher



(No Model.)

H. J. KENNEDY. HORSE DETAGHEE.

No. 410,797. I Patented Sept. 10, 1889.v

V ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY J. KENNEDY, OF BRISTOL, PENNSYLVANIA.

HORSE-DETACHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,797, datedSeptember 10, 1889. Application filed April 5, 1839. Serial No,306,068i(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY JOSEPH KEN- NEDY, of Bristol, in the county ofBucks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and ImprovedlIorse-Detacher, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to horse-detachers, the object of the inventionbeing to provide an attachment for single' and double trees whereby thetraces may be disconnected from their supports, and the horses thusfreed from engagement with the vehicle.

To the end named the invention consists, essentially, of the novelconstructions, arrangements, and combinations of elements to behereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the vlews.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a singletree embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 1s a cross-sectional view on line II II of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a rear view of the singletree shown in Fig. 1, the parts beingrepresented as they appear after the retaining-rod has been moved tofree the trace-support; and Fig. 4.- is a plan View representing thedetacher as it appears when arranged in connection with a doubletree.

In the drawings, 10 represents a singletree, to the ends of which thereare secured caps 11, having apertured ears or lugs 12. Between the earsor lugs 12, I arrange a trace-receiv 111g device 13, said device beingheld to place by a bolt or rivet 14, which passes through aperturesformed in the lugs or ears 12 and through an aperture formed in thetrace-receiving device, as will be readily understood. Thetrace-receiving device is formed with two horns a and a, the horn apassing through the eye of the trace, While thehorn a serves as a stayacting to hold the trace in the desired position. 111 addition to thehorns a and a, the

trace-reoeivin g device is provided with aleverarm I), which is normallyheld in the position in which it is shown in Fig. 1 by a bar 15, whichis held to the singletree by clips or bearings 16. This bar or rod 15 isprovided with a rearwardly-extending lever-arm 17 which carries a stop18, that normally abuts against the rear face of the singletree, theparts being held in this position by a spiral spring 19, coiled aboutthe rod or bar, one end of the spring being connected to the singletreeand the other end being connected to the lever-arm 17. The ends of therod 15 are cranked and overlap the ends of the levers Z) of thetrace-receiving device 13. To the lever 17, I connect a cord or red 20,which extends upward to within reach of the driver, being secured in anyproper position, preferably to the dash-board of the vehicle. Such ingeneral being the construction of my improved horse-detacher, it will beseen that if the cord 20 be drawn upon the lever-arm may be turnedupward to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 3, and in so turningthe ends of the rod 15 will be carried from engagement with the leversI) and the trace-receiving device will be free to move to the positionindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and when the device is in theposition just referred to the trace will be free to slip from the horna.

In case the device is to be employed in connection with a doubletree, Iprovide a sup plemental rod or bar 21, that is held to the rear edge ofthe d oubletree and provided with projections 22, which pass beneath theleverarm 17 This rod or bar 21 is formed with a rearwardly-extendinglever 23, to which the cord or red 20 is secured, so that if the cord orred be drawn upon the projections 22 will be carried upward, and in somoving upward will carry the levers 17 upward, and thus free the ends ofthe rods or bars 15 from engagement with the levers b of thetrace-receiving devices 13.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new anddesire to securebyLetters Patent- 1. In a horse-detaching device, the combination, with ahorizontally-turning trace-receiver 13, provided withrearward-projecting horns a a, and a lever-arm b to extend along therear side of the singletree, of the rocking bar 15, having bearings 18on the rear side of the singletree, and provided with an outward bend atits inner end to engage a similar bend on the lever-arm Z), a spring 19,holding said ends in engagement, and an operating-arm 17, projectingfrom the bar 15, substantially as set forth.

The combination,with the traee-1'ee(.-ivers 1 having lever-arms I),projecting toward each other, and vertieally-roeking bars or rods 15,having outward bonds at their opposite ends engaging sim ilarbends onarms 7), springs holding said ends in engagement, and the opcrating-arms 17, projecting from rods or bars 15, of avertieally-roeking rod or bar 2.1, having erankarms 22 at its endsengaging the arms 17, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a singletree having traee-reeeivers pivoted atits ends and provided with lever-arms extending toward each other alongthe rear side of the single tree and having their inner extren'litiesbent rearward] y and inwardly, of bearings 16 on the rear side of thesingletree, a vertically rocking or turning red 15, mounted in saidbearings, provided with rearward and outward bent ends overlapping theinner extremities of the lever-arms Z), a spring 10, holding said endsin engagement, and an operating-arm 17, substantially as set forth.

HENRY J. KENNEDY.

Witnesses:

EDWARD KENT, Jr., (J. Snowmen.

